The Left group (Bundestag)

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The Left group
Leader Heidi Reichinnek
Sören Pellmann
Registered2 February 2024
Dissolved25 February 2025
Preceded by The Left faction
Succeeded byThe Left faction
National affiliation Die Linke
Website
https://dielinkebt.de/

The Left was a group in the German Bundestag composed of former members of the Die Linke faction. [1] The group was founded or recognized on 2 February 2024, after the official Left parliamentary group was dissolved in December 2023 due to internal conflicts and subsequent split, with the members that joined the BSW forming its own group. [2] [3] On 25 February 2025, Die Linke announced that in the 21st Bundestag the faction would be recreated. [4]

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Members

Between February 2024 and February 2025, the group had 28 members, including Dietmar Bartsch and Gregor Gysi. [5]

Alignment

The group Die Linke represents a left-wing, socialist and anti-militarist policy. It is committed to social justice, peace and environmental policy (see: Die Linke).

Positions

The Left group was in opposition. It criticized the government's policies as antisocial, non-peaceful and harmful to the climate.

The group’s key topics included:

References

  1. Stern, Lukas. "Deutscher Bundestag - Bundestag beschließt Gruppenstatus für Die Linke und BSW". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-21.
  2. "Start – Gruppe Die Linke im Bundestag" . Retrieved 2024-03-27.
  3. Stern, Lukas. "Deutscher Bundestag - Bundestag beschließt Gruppenstatus für Die Linke und BSW". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-14.
  4. "Linke konstituiert sich im Bundestag wieder als Fraktion". Stern (in German). 25 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  5. Buchsteiner, Rasmus; Maxwill, Peter (2024-02-15). "(S+) Die Linke im Bundestag: Wer führt die Gruppe? Es droht eine Kampfabstimmung". Der Spiegel (in German). ISSN   2195-1349 . Retrieved 2024-11-21.